Method of producing article-holding devices.



, G. GL-LIS. METHOD 0F PRODUOING' ARTICLE VHOLDING DEVICES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29,11914. y

Patented. Mar. 2, 1915.

- Swank-vint Geojg Collis' WineoM/o M GEORGE COLLIS, 0F CLINTON, IOWA.'

METHOD OF PRODUCING ARTICLE-HOLDING DEVICES.

Origine. application filed June 9, 191.3, Serial Serial No.

To all whom t may concern.' Be it known that I, GEORGE CoLLrs, acitizen, of the United States, residing at Chnton, in the county ofClinton and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Methods of Producing Article-Holding Devices, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing. This invention relates to methods of pro-` ducingmetallic article holding devices.

The present application` is a true division of one heretofore filed byme, to-wit, on June 9th, 1913, Serial No. 7 72,644.

The method constituting the subjectanat# ter of the present caseincludes the welding to a metal bar of relatively large diametraldimension of a series of article-hlding'elements or wires of relativelysmaller diametral dimension; and, then, attaching (as by. welding) tothe bar and wires suitable reinforcing-plates adapted securely to holdthe wires to the bar and, also, to maintain them in proper spacedrelation. These reinforeing-plates, acting in the nature of clamps, aresuliciently elongated. to extend beyond the portions of the wires whichhave been heated and, thus, the wires have restored to them what, ineffect, is their original stiffness and strength.

With this object in view, the invention resides in the aforementionedmethod,`the details of which -will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, a form of the articleand the components ofwhich it is constructed are, by way of example, illustratedas embodiedin a so-called rack forming anelement in apparatus for coating or icingarticles of food and the like.

In these drawings: Figure l is a view in perspective of the rack; Fig. 2is a fragmentary view, in section, and on an enlarged scale,illustrating a section of the bar with a pair of wires attached thereto;Fig. 3lis a similar view showing one of the strengthening orreinforcing-.plates attached to the structure; Fig. 4 is a similar viewshowing another of the pair of strengthening plates employed; and Fig. 5is a view on an enlarged scale of one of the strengthening plates.

In practising my improved method, I lprefer tovutilize, as a supportingelement, a

bar or rod l, elongated and, if desirable, cy-

lindrical. .At-predetermined points on said .Sp'cication of LettersPatent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

No. 772,644. Bivided and this applieatcor filed Apri129, 1914.

. rod, wires, 2, 3, or the like, are disposed-1n pairs, forinstance-whereupon they are suitably heated, electricallyv bypreference, until they are properly welded to the bar. These wires'may,as shown, occupy a position at right angles to the bar, and on oppo-Isite sides thereof, whereby they are spaced approximately the distanceof the thickness of the bar. Then, to effect a more rigid securement ofthese wires to the bar, reinforcing plates 5.and 6 are welded to the barand to the wires. v

In welding the different Wires to the barwhich may be' done separatelyor all together-it is not essential, nor 'in fact desirable, to subjectthe metals of the wire and bar to a very high degree of temperaturebecause reliance is not had solely uponthe welding of the wires to thebar to `attach ployed, it would, by reason of the factthat the Wires areof smaller diametral dimension l than is the bar, tend to melt or undulysoften the small wires at the point ofcontact and therebv make themweak. Hence, I resort to strengthening media, preferably in the form ofthe aforementioned pair of plates which encompass the bar and, also,each wire of the pair. The plates are Welded to the bar and also to thewires.

v After the 'welding of the wires has brow completed, as aforementioned,the whole structure is dipped in molten tin or the like which not onlyproduces a smooth and clean surface but also effects the furtherfunction of soldering all of the joints together. As the particular useof this form of structure is such as to require that it shall berctinned after it has been completed, it is obvious that, unless thewires have been properly secured to the bar by electric welding, itwould not be possible to dip them into the molten tinning metal withoutproducing disintegration of the parts.

It is to be understood that the method herein disclosed may be utilizedfor producing articles other than those hereinabove referred to.

'W hat I claim is:

l. '.lhe method of producing article-holding devices, and thelile,.\\hich consists in welding to' a metallic bar of relatively largediametral dimension apair of article-holding wires of relatively smallerdiametral di: mension; then attaching to :nid barv and Wires metallicstrengthening plates; and finally soldering said' plates to the bar, tothe Wires, and to each other.

2. The method of producing apparatus for coating or icing articles offood and the like, which consists in Welding to a metallic bar ofrelatively large diametral dimension a series of pairs ofarticle-holding Wires of relatively smaller diametral dimension; thenattachingto the bar and Wires at one side of the latter a metallicstrengthening plate;

then attaching to thebar and Wires at the opposite yside of the latteranother metallic Copies ofthis patent may be obtained for ve cents each,by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents, v

strengthening plate; and then soldering the plates together and to theWires and bar by dipping the structure in its entirety into .molten tinand whereby soldering of all joints and surfacing ofthe elements ofwhich the structure is composed are eected.

In testimony whereof l aiX my signature in presence of-two Witnesses.

GEORGE COLLlS. Witnesses:

CARL C. FEDDERSEN, FRIEDA E. TRITSCHLER Washington, E. C.

